Future of London - A Borough led Regeneration Partnership Project Initiation Document – Funding Request £50k

PLEASE NOTE: Capital Ambition does not support projects that benefit single authorities. Proposals should usually be joint submissions or be submitted by a lead partner on behalf of others. In exceptional circumstances Capital Ambition may support a bid but it must demonstrate specifically the value of outcomes and learning and how it can then be transferred to other organisations.

Revision History

| Version | Created | Reasons for/Summary of Changes | Author | |---------|---------|--------------------------------|--------------| | 1 | | First Draft | Sandra Di Vito |

### Small Project/Feasibility Study/Research – 50k and under

| Title of Project/Feasibility/Research Study | Lead Authority: | |-------------------------------------------|-----------------| | Future of London. A Borough led regeneration Partnership. | LB Hackney | | Please ensure that the title clearly describes the remit of the project. Capital Ambition may rename a project for clarity and to differentiate it from others. | HCA, GLA, LB Islington, LB Brent, LB Enfield, LB Newham. | | | A further 15 authorities and agencies have indicated that they are keen to also join this partnership. |

| Name of Project/Contract Manager: | Contact Details of Project/Contract manager: | |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| | Sandra Di Vito | 07739874295 |

| Is this a Feasibility/Research Study? (Yes/No) | Amount of Funding Request Year 1 | |-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------| | No | Capital Nil | | | Revenue £50,000 |

| Planned Start date: | Amount of Funding Request Year 2 (if applicable) | |---------------------|-----------------------------------------------| | 01 January 2010 | Capital | | | Revenue |

| Length of Project/Feasibility or Research Study: | Total Funding Requested | |--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------| | Ongoing initiative. | £50,000 |

### 1. Background/Context

Future of London is a Borough led partnership that aims to bring the London Boroughs together to network, share knowledge and experience, engage in fresh thinking and build the skills and confidence of the officers leading regeneration in London. Future of London started in 2007 with a conference hosted by LB Hackney show casing the Woodberry Down regeneration scheme, a national demonstration project. This conference has grown in scale and scope over the last three years, and is now recognised as a content rich exchange for practitioners across the network. The ambition is to build on this to enable the exchange of ideas, knowledge and experience to continue through a programme of events, seminars and programmes throughout the year with a particular focus on building capacity. The growing success of Future of London illustrates an unfilled need in this market for more active capacity building and knowledge sharing across the Boroughs. This has become particularly important in the down turn, as old models for delivering regeneration are no longer viable. Future of London creates a space for this community to share ideas and develop more innovative approaches to delivering regeneration.

**NOTE:** Please describe the circumstances relevant to the project and provide a brief assessment of how the business needs are currently being met or not met. You should also briefly outline how this project will bridge the gap between the current situation and the stated objectives.

### 2. Project Information

| No. | Description | |-----|-------------| | 2.1 | **What is the aim of the project?**\
(30 words or less)\
The aim should clearly state the changes you hope to achieve as a result of your work. | | | Future of London is a Borough led partnership that aims to bring the London Boroughs together to network, share knowledge and experience, engage in fresh thinking and build the skills and confidence of the officers leading regeneration in London. | | 2.2 | **What are the (measurable) objectives of the project?**\
Objectives should clearly outline the activities you will undertake and the services you will offer to deliver the aim. Each objective should be a one sentence statement, or a number of statements starting with the word ‘to’. | | | - To connect policy (London Plan) with delivery through the Boroughs

- To share knowledge and good practice across London’s local authority network
- To build cross borough communities to support delivery of regeneration in London
- To identify the next generation of leaders in the London regeneration community and nurture their career development
- To develop fresh and innovative thinking to support delivery of regeneration in the future |

### 2. Project Information

| No. | Description | |-----|-------------| | 2.3 | How does the proposed project address one (or more) of Capital Ambition’s themes and funding priorities? | | | Capital Ambition themes-Connected London, Delivering Together, Raising the Bar and Developing Capability and priorities set out in CSR 2007, Local Area Agreements, National Indicator 179 and National Improvement and Efficiency Strategy themes of innovation, Empowerment, Economic Renewal and Value for Money. | | 2.4 | What benefits are sought from running this project? | | | Be specific in terms cash savings (what, how much over what period?), efficiency gains (how, impact?), Cost avoidance (what, how much over what period?) and Capacity Building. These headings not exhaustive and additional headings can be added where necessary |

#### Developing Capability

The core role of the Future of London partnership is to develop the capability of the London Borough regeneration community at all levels, by creating facilitated spaces for like roles across London to come together, share good practice, learn and develop new and innovative thinking. The “Rising Stars” programme is specifically designed to identify and develop a cohort of promising professionals to become the regeneration leaders of tomorrow.

- Increase practitioner awareness and knowledge of current issues and emerging policy/practice in regeneration in London
- Increase practitioner awareness of their own strengths and areas for development in the context of a multi disciplinary approach to regeneration
- Increase practitioner skills and experience through facilitated sessions (formal and informal)
- Enhance the development of new and innovative models for delivery of regeneration
- Increase the interaction and opportunity for innovation between the private and public sectors in the delivery of regeneration

We require clear information about projected return on investment for projects that claim to deliver efficiency savings. Please use mietool (or a robust equivalent) to support your savings estimates. If you do not have any mietool trained staff please see the following website for further details: [http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/capitalambition/resourcesandperformance/bpcasestudies/mietool.htm](http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/capitalambition/resourcesandperformance/bpcasestudies/mietool.htm)

### 2. Project Information

| No. | Description | |-----|-------------| | 2.5 | Are there any partners involved in the project? If so, how will they contribute to its success? Please list names and roles of any partner organisation involved in the delivery of this project. |

Members of Future of London. Board members are actively involved in supporting delivery. They meet monthly to provide oversight and leadership. In addition, they contribute a minimum of 10K of funding each.

- HCA, David Lunts. HCA have contributed 50K of funding over 2009. This funding has secured a full time resource to help set up the partnership in a sustainable way.
- Hackney, Stephen McDonald. Hackney are acting as the Host Authority for recruitment and contracting purposes. They will also host the core FoL team in 2010.
- Newham, Helen Fisher; leading on networking and knowledge sharing
- Brent, Andy Donald; leading on Fresh Thinking initiatives
- Islington, Seem Manchanda; leading on People Development initiatives
- Enfield, Sue Foster; leading on the Outer London forum
- GLA, Fiona Fletcher Smith.

We are currently building on this and have identified 15 additional boroughs and agencies (including TFL and LDA) who have expressed interest in joining the partnership. This will be formalised in January 2010.

- HCA Academy provide FoL access to a number of learning tools that we plan to make available through our website, including a skills audit and online training programmes. In addition, we are in discussion about using the FoL network as a pilot for their “Leadership of Place programme being delivered with Birmingham University.

- PwC have also provided a secondee full time resource to the partnership.

Over 12 Sponsors supported the delivery of the 2009 conference. We hope to secure their input for 2010.

| 2.6 | What are the outcomes of the project? | |-----|-------------------------------------|

When considering intended outcomes, you need to ask the question ‘What changes or effects should come about as a result of the project?’

- Increase practitioner awareness and knowledge current issues and emerging policy/practice in regeneration in London
- Increase practitioner awareness of their own strengths and areas for development in the context of a multi disciplinary approach to regeneration
- Increase practitioner skills and experience through facilitated sessions (formal and informal)
- Enhance the development new and innovative models for delivery of regeneration
- Increase the interaction and opportunity for innovation between the private and public sectors in the delivery of regeneration

2. Project Information

| No. | Description | |-----|-------------| | 2.7 | What outputs will the project deliver and how will you ensure that they are fit for purpose? Outputs are tangible things (sometimes called 'deliverables') that are to be delivered by the project e.g. toolkit, procedure manual, training strategy. |

**Forums**

In 2010 Future of London will focus on delivering a series of networking and knowledge sharing forums, designed to bring like roles across Boroughs together around key themes identified in the recently published London Plan. This will have the dual impact of encouraging more cross borough working through sharing of knowledge and also bridging the gap between policy (i.e. the London Plan) and delivery (though the boroughs), an initiative that is supported by the GLA.

Four key groups are planned for 2010.

- **Major Projects Delivery Group** - focused on Project Directors of major housing led schemes
- **Outer London Forum** – to be hosted by Sir Simon Milton, focused on issues of suburban development
- **Town Centres Forum** – focused on Project Directors of major town centre redevelopment schemes
- **Industrial Parks Forum** – focused on Project Directors of major industrial park developments

Each group will meet 6 times per year and develop their own programme of issues to explore. The programme will consist of site visits, guest speakers and facilitated discussions. The Future of London team will set up the sessions; secure speakers, arrange visits and venues and issue invitations.

**Rising Stars Programme**

In addition, in 2010 Future of London will launch the Rising Stars Programme. The Future of London Rising Stars programme is designed to identify and nurture the career development of our most promising staff. The 12 month programme starts in April 2010, with the aim of bringing together a selected group of individuals with potential for progression. The programme aims to:

- Develop their network within the London regeneration context and their exposure to senior professionals
- Develop a good understanding of the multidisciplinary aspects of regeneration
- Develop their skills, experience and confidence
- Encourage awareness of strengths and areas for development
- Encourage active career development planning

**Website and E-bulletin**

In addition, an interactive website and regular e-bulletin will be set up as a mechanism for sharing ideas and good practice. Our first ebulletin was launched in November 2009 and received very positive feedback from practitioner. It was content rich and explored relevant policy.

http://ebulletin.futureoflondon.org.uk/issue01/Pgmo5z4b/

**2010 conference**

Future of London will deliver it 4th annual conference in November 2010.

## 2. Project Information

| No. | Description | Details | |-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 2.8 | What are the key risks (barriers to success) of this project and how will you minimise the impact of them? | 1. The success of the Future of London Partnership relies on the active engagement of the key London Boroughs leading regeneration in London. A key risk is that we don’t secure enough support from the Membership base. Impact= High. Probability=Low. Risk will be minimised through a proactive Membership development plan. | | | Key risks should be identified and graded according to likelihood of occurring (Probability) and seriousness (Impact). | | | 2.9 | How will the project be resourced? | - Membership fees of 10K per participating authority/agency (expecting to raise @150K) | | | Is the project being conducted within existing operational resources or have specific funds been allocated? Please include internal, external, consultants and/or working groups. | - HCA Academy funding 50K | | | | - Revenue from the conference between 30-60K | | | | - Private sector sponsorship funding including in-kind contributions of seconded staff members. | | 2.10| What are the project reporting arrangements? | - The Executive Committee meet monthly. A status report is produced by the FoL Director for this meeting. | | | As a minimum, a monthly highlight report should be completed and sent to the Capital Ambition Programme Management Office using the Capital Ambition Highlight Report template. | | | 2.11| How will the success of the project be measured? | - Attendance and satisfaction levels at networking forums | | | Each measure should be linked to one or more target outcomes. | - Attendance and satisfaction levels of Rising Stars Programme | | | | - Unique hits on the ebulletin | | | | - Unique hits on website | | | | - Quarterly review meetings with the Board | | | | - Attendance and satisfaction levels at the 2010 conference | | 2.12| How will you measure the Equalities Impact of the project? | - We will track the membership base and attendance at forums and programmes to ensure it is reflective of the total (London regeneration) population | | | You should carry out a relevance assessment before submitting this proposal. | | | | Any adverse impacts identified should be outlined in the proposal along with mitigating actions. | |

### 2. Project Information

| No. | Description | Responsible Officer (if known) | Scheduled Start | Scheduled Finish | |-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------| | 2.13 | **What will be the legacy of the project?**<br>Please explain how the work undertaken during the running of this project will continue to deliver benefits after project closure. How will the outputs be owned, maintained or updated? | Sandra Di Vito | 14th January 2010 | 11th Nov 2010 | | | - Increase practitioner awareness and knowledge current issues and emerging policy/practice in regeneration in London<br>- Increase practitioner awareness of their own strengths and areas for development in the context of a multi disciplinary approach to regeneration<br>- Increase practitioner skills and experience through facilitated sessions (formal and informal)<br>- Enhance the development new and innovative models for delivery of regeneration<br>- Increase the interaction and opportunity for innovation between the private and public sectors in the delivery of regeneration | Sandra Di Vito | 21st January 2010 | 18th November 2010 | | 2.14 | **How will lessons learnt be captured and disseminated?**<br>Capital Ambition requires that you keep a lessons learned log to be shared with others who may run similar projects in the future. | Sandra Di Vito | 7th April 2010 | 25th November 2010 | | | - A lessons learnt log has been set up. This document captures outcomes of review discussions following key events. | Sandra Di Vito | 26th April 2010 | 30th November 2010 |

### Section 3. Key Milestones (for 2010)

Please list the key activities, scheduled start and finish date and who has been assigned responsibility.

| No. | Description | Responsible Officer (if known) | Scheduled Start | Scheduled Finish | |-----|----------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------| | 1 | MPDG meetings | Sandra Di Vito | 14th January 2010 | 11th Nov 2010 | | 2 | Outer London Forum | Sandra Di Vito | 21st January 2010 | 18th November 2010 | | 3 | Industrial estates | Sandra Di Vito | 7th April 2010 | 25th November 2010 | | 4 | Town Centres | Sandra Di Vito | 26th April 2010 | 30th November 2010 |

### Section 3. Key Milestones (for 2010)

Please list the key activities, scheduled start and finish date and who has been assigned responsibility

| No. | Description | Responsible Officer (if known) | Scheduled Start | Scheduled Finish | |-----|---------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------| | 5 | 2010 Conference | Sandra Di Vito | November 2010 | November 2010 | | 6 | Rising Stars Programme | Chetna Malvi | 01st April 2010 | December 2010 | | 7 | Board Meetings | Sandra Di Vito | 26th January 2010 | 09 December 2010 | | 8 | Ebulletin | Sandra Di Vito | 26th November 2009 | 09 December 2010 | | 9 | Website development | Sandra Di Vito | 26th November 2009 | 09 December 2010 |

Thank you for completing this proposal. We are happy to receive a copy by email to CA-PMO@londoncouncils.gov.uk.

Please sign and send hard copy to:

Capital Ambition Programme Office\
Capital Ambition\
London Councils\
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